Fishing Reports by Capt. Larry Pentel

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - After taking everybody else fishing all year on their vacations I get to take mine starting tomorrow. My family and I are going to the Bahamas to chase bonefish and lobsters and avoid this cold front the weather man says is coming. I know, lots of more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - It's definately winter in Florida the way the weather has gotten so eratic and the bookings have slowed down. Luckily the fishing has been staying from pretty good to down right fantastic. I ran a father son trip the day before Thanksgiving. It was more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - The wind finally started blowing out of the NE Tuesday after a week of some of the best weather November has ever offered. I ran several gulf trips last week where the Gulf looked like a millpond. One female angler was even commenting on how shw woul more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Recreational Red Snapper season ended last week and the anglers on the Dead Fish made sure it went out with a bang. We had limit catches on almost every trip for the last two weeks including the 4 hours. I hated leaving the triggers alone a couple of more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - We finally have gotten some pretty weather. It blew so hard all last week I did not even think about trying to charge somebody to go out in the Gulf. For that matter you couldn't have paid me enough to take you a couple of days. This week has been a more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - For all those that have spent good times at our fish camp in Indian Pass I have some drastic news. It is no more ! I had it bulldozed down about 10 days ago. The good news is there is a 60 year old house I bought in Tallahassee and had moved sitting more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - It's official, fall has definately started. The way to tell for sure here is when the trigger fish show up on the inshore spots. This past week they showed up so thick that the water looked like gumbo under the boat. Tuesday morning I didn't have a t more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Well the latest storm missed us by a bunch but it sure has kicked the wind up the past few days. The only folks that have been fishin' must not know it's supposed to be fun. With a 25 to 30 knot NE wind blowing it's SO choppy once your a couple miles more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - Labor day has come and gone and so have most of the tourists. I don't have a trip on the books untill Friday and have actually got a bunch of all these real world chores done the past two days. I'm sure with one more day on the hill though I'll be more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin

Report for Destin, Florida - Nearshore - What a week! The chamber of commerce needs to figure out how to patent the conditions we've had here. The winds have been light, the skies sunny, the big tourist crush is over so you can drive around easy and there is no one on the beach. Oh, and the more...
Capt. Larry Pentel - Destin